The Game Census
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine cover art

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Blyts · 2016-07-21

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 30, 2016 (Android), Jul 21, 2016 (Linux), Jul 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2016 (Mac)

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (91% of 989 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

2
playing now
91%
positive of 989 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 29,294 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 989 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-06-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 22 of 35 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-03-082026-10-152016-03-08 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-12-04 — best price $5.242018-05-10 — best price $3.742018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-06-17 — best price $9.992019-12-02 — best price $2.492020-03-17 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $8.892020-06-26 — best price $7.342020-07-29 — best price $8.892020-08-25 — best price $9.992020-09-27 — best price $9.992020-10-23 — best price $8.892020-11-13 — best price $8.892020-12-13 — best price $8.892021-01-15 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $7.342021-03-05 — best price $8.892021-03-28 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $8.892021-06-10 — best price $8.892021-10-02 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-09-17 — best price $8.892023-04-03 — best price $9.992023-08-16 — best price $7.342024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-05-29 — best price $7.342025-10-13 — best price $1.992026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
51.2%
earned "DUN-DUN-DUN-DUNNNNNN"
17.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-07-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,44138%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroComedyLinearPuzzleCartoonyAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Legends of EisenwaldAnna's QuestToby: The Secret MineRusty Lake HotelUnforeseen IncidentsUse Your WordsRusty Lake: RootsPikuniku

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗